Che Guevara the Legend

Updated on February 7, 2011

“Why do you admire him”? Asked my friend.

The above question was directed to me by a close compatriot
who has been my able and good friend since childhood, he was by my side at the
funerals of my late parents and I was his best man at his wedding therefore,
this hub was prompted because of the nature, manner and essence of his question
because if there is a model of a man who does not belong to the past nor the
present but honestly belong to the future then that model of as a man is Che.

ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA.

“He is a communist, a killer, terrorist and a militant so I
don’t see the reason why you should keep talking about him” He said.

Ernesto Che Guevara was born in 1928 in Rosario Argentina and
he grew up to become a medical doctor so naturally, saving lives was his basic
objective as a man and his ideas about the World and World affairs matched with
that of the bravest of the braves Fidel Castro Luz, their ideas brought them
together so when they first met in Mexico in 1956 and after that particular twelve
hours meeting, they became friends and Che’s life however became a
significant factor in Cuba’s revolution so the freedom he helped the entire Cuban people achieved led him to so
many other countries around the world where he risked his life and fought
against oppression,intimidation,imperialism,tribalism and equality among
mankind.

Che’s presence in Congo
helped strengthened the struggle of the South Africans against the apathy
government but his remarkable victories and the fact that so many people began
writing and re-writing their histories because of what he helped achieved in Cuba
prompted negative thoughts about him. Furthermore, his speeches both in the UN
gave room for his critics (Those who were afraid of their own shekel and
shadows) to penetrate the walls of humanity and turn gold into silver. Hence
they made him an enemy and one to be eliminated at all cost.

To kill a dog my
friend, a bad name is given to it so it was not surprising to hear about Che
the militant, the communist, the assassin etc and all these names and bad
feelings were generated simply because of the impact of the Cuba revolution around the world

Ernesto Che Guevara is not a communist because he believed
in true democracy, he believed in equality and freedom for all, he is a
Socialist in the capital world so his agitation for the elimination of
imperialism in the world turned so many
eyes against him but he didn’t mind because he said and I quote; “ I don’t care
if I fall so far the person behind me will pick my gun and keep shooting”. Yes!
Sometimes, peace and progress cannot be achieved without violence and violence
calls for the people’s voice, the people’s idea and the people’s revolution.
This is the Che I feel deep down in my heart.

Che was a loving father,a caring and faithful husband who
stood for the people therefore, If remembering David for killing Goliath makes
me a believer then from the bottom of my heart, I believe that Che Guevara need
to be remembered because it was his idea of discrediting the superiority of one
race onto another that led to the ambush in Bolivia where he was captured by
the armies of the then Bolivian government
led by a Dictator and orchestrated by the CIA.

PRISONER OF WAR.

October 9 1967 the day he was executed

They were prisoners of war but were not treated like one
instead they were brutally murdered after 24hours of their capture, Che was
murdered in cold blood to satisfy the blood thirsty men who were against him
simply because of the fact that he stood for oneness and equality.But by killing him,they helped created something larger than life CHE GUEVARA THE LEGEND.

His remains
and those of his comrades were buried in a secret grave to cover a grievous
crime against mankind but history has its tale about heroes so after 39yrs of
his death, history was made.

The secret grave were his remains was buried was uncovered
and his remains and those of his comrades exhumed then Che’s was flown to Cuba
were he was given a biffing burial and later
laid to rest in Santa Clara, one of Cuba’s cities. Therefore, to answer
you my dear friend because you see no reason why I should keep talking about a
man I do not know but simply heard about. Of course, I did not see him because
he was before my time but everyone who believe in fair play and justice will
agree with me that Che is always present.

He was a legend, a hero who pushed history and made history
therefore, since history remembers great and noble men Che will always be
remembered.

Poem for Che...

...If i remember the suffering of my people

I remember the life you led for all the people

Biafrans would have triumphed

Say you were there with them

It was not what history wanted

But you will always be a symbol of truth

So happy to know about your kind

Though the flesh was destroyed

Che the idea lived on

Many hands upheld the fallen gun

Wipe away oppression and imperialism

Gone but not forgotten

Patria or Muerte.

CHE'S QUOTES

“If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.”

“I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.”

“Silence is argument carried out by other means.”

“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.”

“Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel!”

“Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only
one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his
platitudes.”

Comments 4 comments

Thanks for the blog and the love Amigo. Che's spirit lives on, through those who are courageous enough to stand-up for human rights; to help those who are helpless and those who are in need.

All the best!

Micky Dee 5 years ago

God bless Rossimobis! God bless Che. May Che sit with God and drink God's nectar. God bless a man who gave his all when the odds were ALWAYS against him. God bless this Ernesto Guevara!

“If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.”

“I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.”

“Silence is argument carried out by other means.”

“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.”

“Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel!”

“Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.”

Yes God! Please bless all the fallen heores that have not bowed to tyranny. People swear they live in democracies when their "candidates" are all chosen. They are all chosen because "

they" will not disrupt the tyranny that is rife through America and the world that claims itself to be a democracy. These democracies are no better than the Kremlin of old where the leaders are chosen out of the communist party. Meanwhile the rich start these wars for resources all over the world. One percent of the world's population is own everything? American so-called freedom and capitalism is synonymous with torture, slavery, and murder. We can just ask hundreds of thousands of Eat Timorese who were killed with M16s made in America, b y Indonesians trained in America by Blackwater whose name is so synonymous with murder that they changed their name to Xe Services.

God bless Fidel Castro and Che Guevara for standing up to the slavers such as the United Fruit Company. Capitalists know not what they do! God bless Che! God bless Che! God bless Che!

Carlos 5 years ago

CHE GUEVARA:

- Worked in a Leper colony and treated lepers

- Was instrumental in teaching over 900,000 Cubans to read

- Tended to thousands of sick campesinos

- Helped construct dozens of schools throughout Cuba

- Removed the Mafia and dictatorship of Batista from Cuba which had killed 20,000 Cubans and tortured thousands more

- Desegregated the schools in Cuba before they were in the Southern US

- Called out South Africa’s Apartheid in 1964, 30 years before the West!

- Denounced the racism and KKK in America

- Warned of the dangers of the IMF, 3 decades before most of the developing world realized they had been scammed into debt slavery

- Left a bourgeoisie comfortable life of the upper class, a potential well compensated career as a medical doctor, and a high regarded governmental position, each time to slog through the jungle and fight guerrilla wars against impenetrable odds! ... In fact, near the end it took 1,800 rangers to bring down his 25 men.

CHE'S "CRIMES" WERE:

~ Stopping American companies from owning 70 % of the arable land in Cuba

~ Teaching peasants to read, by bringing the Cuban literacy rate from 60 to 97 %

~ Having the 200 or so War Criminals who killed 20,000 Cubans for Batista shot against a wall

~ Fighting white mercenaries in the African Congo with an all black army

~ Speaking out against US and eventually USSR Imperialism while demanding that the poor of the world be allowed to live a life of dignity

"Che’s life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom, we will always honor his memory." — Nelson Mandela

Rossimobis 5 years ago from Biafra Author

Mr. Happy, this is simply how we know that he lives on,thanks for the comment.

Micky, that was a the missing part above,God bless you too.

Carlos, you know i never knew that Mandela said that until today,thanks for that.